رشتہ

See also: رستہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رشته (rišta, “thread”).

Pronunciation

Noun

رِشْتَہ • (riśta) m (Hindi spelling रिश्ता)

  1. relationship, kinship (by blood)
  2. proposal (of marriage)
  3. relation, connexion, affinity
  4. (literally) thread; string
  5. (medicine) dracunculiasis

Declension
Declension of رشتہ
singular plural
direct رِشْتہ (riśtah) رِشْتے (riśte)
oblique رِشْتے (riśte) رِشْتوں (riśtõ)
vocative رِشْتے (riśte) رِشْتو (riśto)

Further reading
  • “رشتہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “رشتہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “رشتہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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